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Posted to the web: 19/01/2009 17:04:11
THE opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday published its wish list of ministries it wishes to control in a power sharing government.

The party identified 10 "key ministries" which it divided equally with Zanu PF.

Both Zanu PF and the MDC led by Tsvangirai have not challenged the allocation of three ministries - Regional Integration and International Cooperation, Education
and Industry and Commerce -- to the smaller MDC faction led by Arthur Mutambara.

But the Tsvangirai MDC's list differs from the ministry allocation gazetted by President Robert Mugabe after talks with Tsvangirai and Mutambara last year. The MDC-T has rejected the gazetted allocation as a "Zanu PF wish list".

Here are the two lists compared:

Ministry allocations as published in government gazette:

MDC-T	Zanu PF	MDC-M
1. Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs	1. Defence	1. Industry & Commerce
2. Finance	2. Transport	2. Regional Integration and International Trade
3. Economic Planning and Investment Promotion	3. Foreign Affairs	3. Education, Sport & Culture
4. Energy and Power Development	4. Justice and Legal Affairs
5. Labour and Social Welfare	5. Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement
6. Health and Child Welfare	6. Local Government and Urban Development
7. Water Resources Development and Management	7. Mines and Mining Development
8. Public Service	8. Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment
9. Sport, Arts and Culture	9. Media, Information and Publicity
10. State Enterprise and Parastatals	10. Higher and Tertiary Education
11. Information Communication Technology	11. Small and Medium Enterprises and Cooperative Development
12. National Housing and Social Amenities	12. Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development
13. Public Works	13. Environment, Natural Resources and Tourism
14. Science and Technology Development	14. HOME AFFAIRS
15. HOME AFFAIRS
In the government gazette, the FINANCE ministry was originally allocated to Zanu PF together with HOME AFFAIRS. But Zanu PF conceded FINANCE to the Tsvangirai MDC during negotiations and accepted a November 9 SADC proposal to share control of HOME AFFAIRS. As a result of the FINANCE ministry concession, one ministry from the Tsvangirai MDC allocation would be expected to go to Zanu PF leaving a balance of 13+Home Affairs for Tsvangirai MDC and 14+Home Affairs for Zanu PF

Tsvangirai's MDC went to negotiations on Monday with the following counter-proposal:

MDC-T	Zanu PF	MDC-M
1. Home Affairs	1. Defence	1. Industry & Commerce
2. Finance	2. National Security (This Ministry was part of the original 31 agreed Ministries but was then removed from the list despite the portfolio still being controlled by Zanu PF. We have added it to the list once again)	2. Regional Integration and International Trade
3. Media, Information and Publicity	3. Foreign Affairs	3. Education, Sport & Culture
4. Local Government, Rural & Urban Dev.	4. Justice and Legal Affairs
5. Agriculture	5. Lands and Land Resettlement
6. Economic Planning and Investment Promotion	6. Small and Medium Enterprises and Cooperative Development
7. Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Environment,	7. Mines and Mining Development
8. Natural Resources and Tourism	8. Youth, Indigenisation and Empowerment
9. Women, Gender and Community Development	9. Transport
10. Information and Communications Technology	10. Higher and Tertiary Education
11. Health and Child Welfare	11. State Enterprises & Parastatal Management
12. Labour and Social Welfare	12. Energy and Energy Development
13. Public Service	13. Science & Technology
	14. Water Resources Development and Management
	15. Public Works
	16. National Housing
Ministries marked in red are "KEY MINISTRIES"

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